Non-refilling-bottle device



(No Model.)

W. H. PAYNE. NoN-EEEILLING BOTTLE DEVICE.

No. 567,'75Q. Patented Sept. 15, i896.

WITNESSES:

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WILLIAM I'I. PAYNE, OF CAMDEN, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ZACHARIAH K.LOUCKS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NON-REFILLING-BOTTLE DEVICE.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 567,750, datedSeptember 15, 1896.

Application filed J'une l5, 1896. Serial No. 595,620. (No model.) l

T0 all wil/0m, it pta/y concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM IjI. PAYNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNon-Refilliug-Bottle Devices; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a suiiiciently full, clear, and exact description thereof as toenable others skilled in the art to make and use the said invention.

This invention relates to non-refillin g bottles,and has for its -object the prevention of the clandestine refilling of bottles or likevessels; and to this end it consists in an'arran gement of valve-seatsand valves, weights for enforcing the closing of the valves and openingthereof, a guard or check limiting the motion of the weight and of thevalve, and a guard to prevent access to the valve by implements, andalso means of connecting the parts of the bottle-neck together, whereby,after the internal parts have been assembled and the parts of thebottle-neck united, they cannot, without detection, be severed from eachother.

The construction of this device is shown in the accompanying drawingsand is hereinl after particularly described.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l shows a lengthwise central sectionof a bottle-neck containing this device standing in erect position. Fig.2 shows a like section of the bottle-neck placed in an inclined positionfor decanting. Fig. 3 shows a transverse section of the bottle-neck inthe plane indicated by the dotted line w o3 in Fig. l. Fig. 4C shows atransverse section of the bottle-neck in the plane indicated by thedotted lineg/ y in Fig. l. Fig. 5 shows a spring used to secure theparts of the bottle-neck when united with each other. Fig. 6 shows thespring as it is cut out before bending. disk-valve separated from theother parts. Fig. 8 shows in vertical section one form of the guard forpreventing access by implements to the valve and also for limiting andguiding the motion of the weight and valve beneath it. Figs. 9 and l0show modifications of this guard.

This device being'applicable to any form of bottle, only theupperportion of the body of a bottle is shown.

Fig. 7 shows the This supports the guard ll, which guard may lrepresents thelower valve-seat; 2,a spherical valve arranged to seatitself by gravitation in said seat and guided by parallel ribs 3 in theportion of the neck marked 3.

at is a shoulder forming a valveseat above the portion of the neck 3',and 5 is an eX- panded chamber above said shoulder.`

6 is a iiat or disk valve resting, when closed, upon the shoulder Il,and may be made of any thin material innocuous to liquids contained inthe bottle. Glass or porcelain will answer; but mica is found to be apreferable material. At or near the center of the valve 6 are one ormore minute perforations or vents, (marked 6'.) The vents orperforations 6 are useful in facilitating the prompt opening of thevalve when pouringfrom the bottle by admitting the atmosphere to theunder side of the valve.

A rolling weight or ball S is placed in the expanded chamber 5, and isthere held approximately in a central position by an inverted cup 9,which projects downwardlyfrorn the guard ll and serves to limit therising motion of the ball 8, and also the opening motion of the valve G.This inverted cup 9 is shown in three forms. As depicted in Figs. l and2, it issimply an inverted conical cup with apertures 9 nearv the upperportion, through which fluid may freelypass inwardly and outwardly inlateral direction, so that the iiuid in the cup offers little or noimpediment to the `motion of the ball 8. As shown in Fig. 8, ribs 9 areplaced inside the cup 9 to prevent contact of any such extended surfaceof the ball with the internal surface of the cup ,9 as to produceadhesion. As shown `in Fig. 10, the cup 9 is cutaway in segments,

so as to leave only the ribs 9remaining, presenting the appearance ofclaws extended so as to grasp the ball. V

Above the chamber 5 is a contraction l0.

be of any form that will prohibit the access by tools or implements tothe valve below. The guard should be oflarger diameter than the insideof the upper section of the neck, so that a shoulder l2. in the uppersection of the neck 12 holds the guard 1l down and prohibitsdisplacement of it without a severance of the parts of the neck.

The form of guard l1 depicted in the draw- IOO ings shows two Gothicarches 11 and 11, the lower one, 11, being inverted and having fiuidintercommunication with the other arch 11 and the upper outlet pori ionof the bottle-neck, as follows: to flow outwardly, passing upwardly toenter the opening in the end of the upper arch 11 and downwardly fromthe center of the upper arch l1 into the center of the lower invertedarch 11", and upwardly from the openings in the end of the lowerinverted arch 1l" to the upper necksection 12 for discharge, asindicated by the direction of the arrows. The upper neck-section 12 isformed with an enlarged lower portion 14, having a shoulder l5 in it,against which a cork or other compressible washer or gasket rests,fitting on the upper end of the lower part of the neck, which cork orgasket seals the joint between the upper and lower parts of the neck.Angular grooves,as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 4 and marked 17,of the form known as a bayonet-joint7 or bayonet-elasp, are formed onthe outside of the lower part of the neck, and in the in side of theexpanded portion 14 of the upper neck 12 are internal projections 12,upon which iit corresponding apertures 19 in a spring 19, (shown inFigs. 5 and 6,) which spring 19 has tongues 19", which press inwardlyelastically, and when turned so that the projection 12/ engages in thecircumferential or horizontal parts of the bayonet-clasp groove 17 areheld by the tongues locking against the undercut edges or sides 2O ofthe grooves 17 depicted in Fig. 4:. The spring 19 is cut as a strip ofmetal (shown in Fig. 6) and bent to the form shown in Fig. 5, and as theparts of the neck are rotated slightly one upon the other, so that theprojections 12 are engaged in the grooves 17 in the horizontal orcircumferential parts thereof the spring-tongues 19", engaging theundercut notches 20, prevent any reversed rotation of the part 12 uponthe lower section of the neck, thus securing the parts to each other.

The upper surface or end of the neck, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, isserrated or scalloped, so that the hand cannot be applied to it to useit as a diaphragm to make fluid displacement, and so force fluid intothe bottle by repeated reciprocation of the hand upon the bottle-neckacting as a pump when the bottle is submerged in the fluid, or fluid isotherwise presented to it.

The bottle is first filled with liquid before the valve 2 and the uppersection of the neck 12 are applied. The-n the valves and guard and theupper section of the neck are applied, with the spring 19 placed inposition and turned until the spring-tongues 19" lock into the undercutnotches of the neck (marked 20) and the severance of the parts isimpossible without breaking either the tongues 19" of the spring 19X orthe undercut sides 2O of the grooves, so that a reentrance of liquid isprohibited. Exit of fluid is readily had by placing the bottle in aninclined position, as

shown in Fig. 2, when the valve-ball 2 rolls from its seat 1 and thedisk-valve 6 opens and the ball 8 holds the disk-valve 6 in proper limitof open position,and fluid passes through the neck around the invertedcup 9, inwardly in the upper portion of' the guard 11', thencedownwardly into the central portion of the lower part of the arch orguard 11", thence laterally into the neck of the bottle, and upwardly tothe lip, whence it is discharged. The small perforations 6', which maybe of almost capillary size, in the valve 6 serve to permit air to passin, but are too small to permit any iiow of liquid into the bottle, andthe position of the ball 8 above said valve defends such opening againstany jet of fluid being directed upon them so as to force fluid throughthem.

Having described this invention and the operation thereof, what I claimis- 1. A bottle-neck provided with valves opening outwardly, and a guardto prevent access by implements to said valve, said neck being formed oftwo parts to permit the introduction of the guard, and a valve, incombination with a spring, engaging in one member of the neck so as torotate therewith, and to be held down thereby, and having elasticprojections arranged to engage as a ratchet or pawl to prevent rotationof the parts in reverse direction, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. In a bottle-neck provided with valves opening upwardly, and a guardarranged to prevent access by implements to said valve, a serratedterminal lip on said neck arranged to prevent the application of adiaphragm to make displacement in the neck, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. In a device for preventing clandestine refilling of bottles, avalve-chamber having a valve-seat in the bottom thereof, a disk-valvesuperposed upon said seat having one or more perforations therein, incombination with a rolling weight superposed upon said disk valve, andan inverted guide or cup substantially as described, arranged to limitthe rolling motion of said weight, and the opening motion of said valve,and to confine said rolling weight approximately to the center of saidchamber and means for raising said valve from its seat, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

4. In a device for preventing clandestine refilling of bottles, a guardarranged to prevent access by implements to a valve placed below in thebottle-neck, in combination with a cup or equivalent guiding mechanismadapted to confine a rolling weight in a central position in thebottle-neck, and to restrict the motion of said rolling weight a diskValve and a weight below said valve contacting therewith to open thesame in decanting, substantially as set forth.

5. In a device for preventing clandestine refilling of bottles, a lowervalve-seat and valve opening upward, guides directing said IOO IIO

Valve in the line of aXis of the Valve-seat, a and restricting theopening and closing move-- superposed fiat Valve having minuteperforations therein, a rolling Weight superposed upon said perforatedat Valve, and a conning and guiding mechanism restricting,` the rollingWeight to an approximately central position upon the said perforatedflat valve ment of said iiat Valve, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

WILLIAM I-I. PAYNE. Witnesses:

C. R. MORGAN, A. H. MORGAN.

